A couple of the books, articles that I recommend for enterprising individuals:
On Startups & for Founders
- The Founder’s Dilemma, by Noam Wasserman
- Venture Deals, by Brad Feld
- Zero to One, by Peter Thiel
- $100 Startup, by Chris Guillebeau
- The 4-Hour Work Week, by Tim Ferris
- Essays, by Paul Graham
- How to Start a Startup, by Y Combinator
On Innovation and Strategic Thinking
- The Innovator’s Dilemma, by Clayton Christensen
- Value Proposition Design, by Alan Smith
- Business Model Generation, by Alexander Osterwalder
- Blue Ocean Strategy, by W. Chan Kim
- Playing to Win, by A. G. Lafley
- The Great Mental Models I, by Shane Parrish
On Company Building
- Stanford e-Corner
- Blitzscaling, by Greylock Partners + Blitzscaling Book by Reid Hoffman
- Rework, by 37 Signals
- Good to Great, by Jim Collins
- Startup CEO, by Matt Blumberg
On Creativity and Design Thinking
- Creative Confidence, by David and Tom Kelley
- Creativity Inc, by Ed Catmull
- Change by Design, by Tim Brown
- D.School Design Thinking Methodology
On Product Development
- Intercom on Product Management
- Product Manager HQ (Blog)
- Mind The Product (Blog)
- Getting Real, by 37 Signals
- The Design of Everyday Things, by Donald Norman
- The Lean Startup, by Eric Ries
- Don’t Make me Think, by Steve Krug
- Lean Analytics, by Alistair Croll
- Lean Product Playbook, by Dan Olsen
- Sprint, by Simon & Schuster
- What Customers Want, by Anthony Ulwick
- Competing Against Luck, by Clayton M. Christensen
- Hooked, by Nir Eyal
On People
- First Round Review (Blog)
- Software Lead Weekly (Blog)
- High Output Management, by Andy Grove
- Managing Humans, by Michael Lopp
- One Minute Manager, by Ken Blanchar
- Drive, by Daniel Pink
- The Culture Engine, by S. Chris Edmonds
- Exponential Organizations, by Salim Ismail
On Customer Service
- Delivering Happiness, by Tony Hsieh
- Intercom on Customer Support
On Sales & Business Development
- Getting to Yes, by Roger Fisher
- Spin Selling, by Neil Rackham
- The Challenger Sale, by Matthew Dixon
- Influence, by Robert Cialdini
- To Sell is Human, Daniel Pink
- Secrets of Closing the Sale, Zig Ziglar
- The Ultimate Sales Machine, Chet Holmes
- The New Strategic Selling, by Robert R. Miller
- The Psychology of Selling, Brian Tracy
- Storytelling for Influence, by IDEO
Feel free to share any recommendations of your own!